Matt Chitharanjan, the Co-Founder and CEO of Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters, a prominent coffee brand based in New Delhi, India. Recently, Blue Tokai raised $35 million, valuing the company at approximately $180 million. 00:00 - Top moments 01:21 - Intro 02:44 - What shaped Matt the most while growing up. 04:13 - Matt's education, college and experience at work 05:52 - Reason to move back to India 06:53 - Life changing moment 12:17 - Early days of Blue Tokai 16:14 - Things that shaped Matt as a person 18:54 - Evolution of customer transparency 20:27 - Inflection point that led to boosted confidence 24:38 - Magical outcome you for Blue Tokai 25:32 - Overcoming the hardest times 27:52 - What kept Matt going 28:45 - Evolution of consumer behaviour 31:40 - Matt's vision for the coffee market 34:17 - One thing, Matt wishes he knew earlier, about building Blue Tokai 36:41 - A customer story that stayed with Matt 38:23 - Matt's advice to folks considering moving back to India?l 40:37 - Matt's typical day 42:32 - Matt's sleep schedule 42:59 - Matt's obsession outside of work 43:40 - A decision altering regret 44:52 - Risk taking ability 45:23 - A setback which was a blessing in disguise 46:33 - Kindest thing towards Matt 🔗 CONNECT WITH Matt Chitharanjan 👥 Linkedin -  / mchitharanjan   🐦 Twitter - https://x.com/matt_chith 🔗 CONNECT WITH SHIVA 💌 Sign up to my weekly email newsletter - https://1947tech.substack.com/ 🎥 YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfiQ... 🐦 Twitter -   / shivassangwan   🐦 Twitter -   / 1947rise   👥 Linkedin -   / shiva-sin.  . 🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST Our purpose is to help startups go mainstream in 🇮🇳! 1947 Rise Podcast is helping in accelerating the speed of reverse brain drain and 1947 Operators Podcast is helping in increasing the number of operator-angels in the startup ecosystem. 🎧 LISTEN FOR FREE Apple Podcasts - https://apple.co/3KI3bZi Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3AEO5z5 🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW